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10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general; Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director; George Takei: They interned my family. Don’t let them do it to Muslims.; Fake news on Facebook is a real problem. These college students came up with a fix in 36 hours.; The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing; The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends; Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’; Jeff Sessions is expected to bring sweeping changes to the Justice Department; ‘You can’t hit a girl like that!' Officer caught on camera punching woman in the face.; Here are the people whose names have been floated for Trump's Cabinet; Trump just took credit for stopping Ford from moving a plant to Mexico. But it wasn’t planning to.; In Twin Falls, Idaho, co-dependency of whites and immigrants faces a test; Japanese American internment is ‘precedent’ for national Muslim registry, prominent Trump backer says; Trump's pick for national security adviser brings experience and controversy; Why a Minn. mom is suing her transgender teen and the clinic that gave her hormones; White Texas teens chant ‘build that wall’ at Hispanics during high school volleyball match   Most popular right now   Most Read 10 things to know about Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general In some ways, they're the odd couple. In other ways, the union makes perfect sense. By Amber Phillips  •  Read more » Trump chooses Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Rep. Mike Pompeo for CIA director The choices follow Trump's decision to offer the position of national security adviser to retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn. By Elise Viebeck  •  Read more »   George Takei: They interned my family. Don’t let them do it to Muslims. The United States apologized for locking up Japanese Americans. Have we learned nothing? By George Takei  •  Opinions  •  Read more »   Fake news on Facebook is a real problem. These college students came up with a fix in 36 hours. Their project would tag links in your news feed as "verified" or "not verified." By Colby Itkowitz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The Daily 202: Trump poised to learn the Pottery Barn rule of governing You break it, you buy it By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   The North Pole is an insane 36 degrees warmer than normal as winter descends The Arctic is super-hot, even as a vast area of cold polar air has been displaced over Siberia. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Facebook fake-news writer: ‘I think Donald Trump is in the White House because of me’ The man responsible for many of this year's viral political hoaxes thinks he may have swung the election. By Caitlin Dewey  •  Read more »   Jeff Sessions is expected to bring sweeping changes to the Justice Department Trump's nominee to be attorney general could change the current emphasis on civil rights. By Sari Horwitz  •  Read more »   ‘You can’t hit a girl like that!' Officer caught on camera punching woman in the face. Flagstaff police said in a news release that the agency was "very concerned by what is depicted in this video." By Sarah Larimer  •  Read more »   Also Popular in Politics   Donald Trump's flirtation with Mitt Romney is big-league smart Can Trump be, well, big? By Chris Cillizza  •  Read more » •   Judge dashes Merrick Garland’s final, faint hope for a Supreme Court seat •   Trump's embrace of Bannon sparks divisions, angst among Jewish groups •   A lot of nonvoters are mad at the election results. 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